His bedroom, I remember,was cluttered with books and newspapers. He killed me at the Scrabbleboard, barely concentrating, and on those occasions when speech wasnecessary he had a way of compressing Iarge thoughts into small , cryp-tic packets of languag
Elroy Berdahl is sounds like a wise old man , keeps to himself.
For a while I just drove, noc airning ar anything, rhen in rhe laremorning I begar-r looking for a place to lie low for a day or rwo.
He drove away without a plan which isn't the best idea but in his state of mind he was thinking i need to get out here as fast as possible.
felt a strange sharpness, almost painful, a curting sensarion, asif his gaze were somehow slicing me open. In parr, no doubr, ir was myown sense of guilt, but even so I'm absolutely certain rhar rhe old mantook one look and went right to the hearr of rhings - a kid in rrouble.When I asked for a room, Elroy made a little clicking sound wich hisrongue. He nodded, led me our ro one of the cabins, and dropped akey in my hand
Being an old owner he's most likely have seen his share of runaways.
I vomited and went back to mycabin and lay down for a few moments and then vomited again; anothertime, in the middle of the afternoon,I began sweating and couldn'r shutit ofl. I went through whole days feeling dizzy with sorrow. I couldn'tsleep; I couldn'r lie srill
He's going through mental and physical sickness because he is fighting himself on what to do. Go left or go right.
Call it eveni'he said'"Noi'"Pick it up. Get Yours eLf ahaircur''
The owner of the Lodge could most likely relate to the narrator because he kept his distance but made sure he wasn't alone , made sure to bounce around the question of why he was there, he even offers the narrator money for his work around the lodge and to help out for future travel.
I'm finishing up a letrer lo. my Parents chat tells whatI'- "bo,rt to do and why I'm doing it and how sorry I am thar I d neverfound the courage to talk to thern about it. I ask them not to be angry'I rry to explain some of my feelings, but there aren't enough words, andso I just r"y th"r its a thing thar has to be done.
He's afraid of being disappointing his parents by leaving, he didn't want to be that so he tries to reason with his parents by writing a letter explaining his truth to give him and his parents comfort for leaving so it doesn't seem like he left without reason.
Everything sparkled. My hor_rse, I thoughr.My life. I'm nor sure how long I srood rhere, bur later I scribbled our ashort note to my parenrs.whar ir said, exactIy,I don'r recall now. Somerhing vaglre. Taking ollwill call, love Tirn
Getting the last look of your childhood home before you leave it for what you think is forever is not a good feeling. Not speaking from experience but i bet it hurts and is not the best feeling because of the unknown, not knowing when you would see family and friends.
O'Brien kid, how rhe damnedsissy had taken off for Canada.
He would be casted aside and talked about by the townspeople.
Ar some point in mid-July I beuan thinking seriously about Canada. 1of}e border lay a few hundred miles norrh, an eight-hour drive
Back then some men and boys did attempt to run away from "their duty" to the country and those people that did have the thought of running away were casted aside and called cowards for it. I would honestly have the same mindset because you don't know the outcome of war, who will die , or who will win.
There should be a law I thought. Ifyou support awar, if you think ir's worth rhe price, rhat's fine, bur youhave to Put your own precious fluids on rhe line. You have to head forthe front and hook up with an infantry unir ar-rd help spill the blood.
It is unfair to be forced into fighting for a cause that you know little to known about, It is unfair to be forced to help finish a fight that you didn't start let alone it possibly taking your life.
Young,yes,and politically naive, but even so the American war in Vietnam seemed
The narrator is young fresh out of college didn't really know much about politics but he knew the war shouldn't have been a thing. He didn't believe in the war , thinking it was pointless.
o goinro it, I've always thought, would only cause embarrassmenr for all ofus, a sudden need to be elsewhere, which is che natural response to aconfessio
The narrator has an embarrassing confession. He knows something from his past that he hasn't talked about with his family or wife.
where she waited in the growing heat while inside she knew the cold river was creeping up and up to extinguish that eye which must know by now that she knew
Being married to Sykes took the life out of her, so in the end she let his life go though she had no part in this because Sykes brought that a upon his self because he thought he was so called 'getting rid' of his problem which was his wife.
She saw him on his hands and knees as soon as she reached the door. He crept an inch or two toward her
At this point she just left it to God, she let God handle Sykes for all the misery and pain she endured for all those years of being married to him.
She went to sleep--a twitch sleep--and woke up to a faint gray sky. There was a loud hollowsound below. She peered out. Sykes was at the wood-pile, demolishing a wire-covered box
It was petty and mean of Sykes to do that to Delia because he brought a snake into the house that she sweats in to keep a roof over his head he tries to run her out or kill her out of her own home. He should have just left Delia and went off with his mistress instead of continuing to publicly humiliating Delia in front of the church and the townspeople.
She saw him pouring his awful beauty from the basket upon the bed,
The snake is a beautiful a creator in nature yes but the horror it brings to most humans, and what this creator can do to people is an awful sight to see especially if you have a very big fear of snakes like Delia does.
Don't think Ah'm gointuh be run 'way fum mah house neither.
Delia stands her ground and keeps making sure that Sykes understands that he can't and has no right to bring his mistress over to her home that she worked hard for. She confronts her bully no matter the 50/50 chance of him putting his hands on her.
Delia drove past on her way home, as Sykes was ordering magnificently for Bertha. It pleased him for Delia to see.
Delia handled the situation very well, she didn't cry or argue she kept her head up and kept going on about her day.
Delia drove past on her way home, as Sykes was ordering magnificently for Bertha. It pleased him for Delia to see.
Delia handled the situation very well, she didn't cry or argue she kept her head up and kept going on about her day.
bloodier for every second that she regarded the creature that was her torment
Delia is becoming furious with this new type of torment her husband has brought to their relationship. I see it as if her blood boils over when she thinks of how he is trying to chase her out of her house.
Well, Ah'm glad you does hate me. Ah'm sho' tiahed uh you hangin' ontuh me. Ah don't want yuh. Look at yuh stringey ole neck
why are they still married, if they both said they hate each other?
Delia pushed back her plate and got up from the table. "Ah hates you, Sykes," she said calmly. "Ah hates you tuh de same degree dat Ah useter love yuh. Ah done took an' took till mah belly is full up tuh mah neck.
What went wrong in their marriage for him to turn on her? What made him cheat on her? what made him hit her 2 months after their wedding.
She wondered, but started to go on into the house without speaking, even though he was standing in the kitchen door and she must either stoop under his arm or ask him to move. H
Delia is at a point in her life where she just doesn't let her husbands actions phase her anymore and i think that makes her strong.
"Well, you better quit gittin' me riled up, else they'll be totin' you out sooner than you expect. Ah'm so tired of you Ah don't know whut to do. Gawd! how Ah hates skinny wimmen!"
Sykes puts his wife down for what reason no one knows, he says he hates skinny woman but yet he's married to one.
He stepped roughly upon the whitest pile of things, kicking them helter-skelter as he crossed the room. His wife gave a little scream of dismay, and quickly gathered them together again.
Skyes' does not care for white people (given to the time period) he does not want his clothes mixing in with their clothes. Of course he wouldn't because in the 1920's there was a big racial tense between black and white people. He also did that to the clothes he wanted to cause more work for Delia and start an argument with her just to start one because he is a bully to his wife.
"Naw you won't," she panted, "that ole snaggle-toothed black woman you runnin' with aint comin' heah to pile up on mah sweat and blood. You aint paid for nothin' on this place, and Ah'mgointer stay right heah till Ah'm toted out foot foremost."
Delia is a faithful and hard working wife but her husband Skyes' is cheating on her, she's aware of the affair and won't stand for her husband to bring the mistress in their home that she owes.
I've got my reasons
Hmmm its not like Hally to be mysterious like that. I wonder what Hally is hiding.
So do American cream soda and ice cream. For [goodness] sake, Sam, you're not asking me to take ballroom dancing serious, are you?
It’s Hally pride that is talking
I also pay two pounds ten shilling entrance fee.
I guess this is what willie is calling currency
ood. Submit your candidate for examination.
What is Sam submitting for.
ot many intellectuals are prepared to shovel manure with the peasants and then go home and write a "little book" called War and Peace.
That ironic because that's what most people tend on doing.
Whether you're broke or not.
By the looks of this sentence Hally doesn't looks or seem to care to bring up being broke.
he didn't say anything about taking my Dad home?
She's surprised that "dad" is coming back home
Jungle Jim . . . Batman and Robin . . . Tarzan . . . [Gosh], what rubbish! Mental pollution. Take them away.
So Hally isn't a fan of fiction
Let's just say I'm ready to go out there and dance.
Sam is ready and determined to start dancing
Boet Sam, is not funny
Haaikona is definitely not encouraging
Because it got no legs. That's her trouble. She can't move them quick enough, Boet Sam. I start the record and before halfway Count Basie
"William James "Count" Basie August 21, 1904 April 26, 1984 was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer."
Aaron is dead. By the time Claire is awake enough to be aware of this, it has already been determined that he was not a stranger,
Oh wow...this part definitely surprised me. What makes this even worse is that she didn't see what happened at first than knew what was going on after what happened.
“Claire, enough. I’m taking you home, okay?”There is something firm and brotherly in his tone and it infuri-ates her.
Brenden is definitely annoyed with how Claire is acting but Claire doesn't really see that.
“I am familiar with the Civil War and the student code of con-duct,” she says finally. “But bless your hearts for being so helpful.”
The Civil war is the war were black people were free from slavery from the white people...AKA the people that had the Confederate flags.
They tell her putting the flag up was bril-liant, and that three other students have taped Confederate flags to their doors in solidarity.
I don't know why but after reading this I feel like Claire could be misunderstood about her actions
Jupiter would be better than this,”
The name of the book by the way, but this does mean that they would rather be in an area that has air to breathe than on earth
Claire mostly lives off of the salad bar, but here she picks up a burger and fries to go every afternoon
Another way of how Claire is changing before she went to the salad bar now she's getting meat.
Jackson has a drawl and a pickup truck and, in spite of his lack of farming experience, a farmer’s tan. Claire meets him at Burger Boy, the restaurant a few miles from her father’s house.
We are now introduced to two more characters in the story
he took a folded paperfrom the dashboard and unfolded it. Rye recognized it as a street map, though thewriting on it meant nothing to her. He flattened the map, took her hand again, and puther index finger on one spot. He touched her, touched himself, pointed toward thefloor. In effect, "We are here." She knew he wanted to know where she was going.
He was very persistent to find out where she was going
He walked around the front of the bus, to the street side where the driver'swindow was open. There, she thought she saw him throw something into the bus.
This man is acting very strange
The man took something from his coat pocket, then threw the coat into the car.Then he gestured Rye back, back toward the rear of the bus.
This man...he's acting very weird.